| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. John Hencken | USA | 2:21.55 | 3. | | 2. David Wilkie | GBR | 2:23.67 | 2. | | 3. Nobutaka Taguchi | JPN | 2:23.88 | 1. | | 4. Rick Colella | USA | 2:24.28 | 4. | | 5. Felipe Muñoz | MEX | 2:26.44 | 5. | | 6. Walter Kusch | FRG | 2:26.55 | 8. | | 7. Igor Cherdakov | URS | 2:27.15 | 6. | | 8. Klaus Katzur | GDR | 2:27.44 | 7. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Klaus Katzur | GDR | 2:26.32 | 7. | | 2. Bill Mahony | CAN | 2:26.71 | 9. | | 3. Roger-Philippe Menu | FRA | 2:30.05 | 15. | | 4. Guðjón Guðmundsson | ISL | 2:32.40 | 22. | | 5. Sokhon Yi | CAM | 2:34.77 | 31. | | 6. János Tóth | HUN | 2:37.40 | 36. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nobutaka Taguchi | JPN | 2:23.45 | 1. | | 2. Felipe Muñoz | MEX | 2:25.99 | 5. | | 3. Pedro Balcells | ESP | 2:29.29 | 14. | | 4. Robert Stoddart | CAN | 2:30.08 | 16. | | 5. Cezary Śmiglak | POL | 2:34.51 | 30. | | 6. Morkal Faruk | TUR | 2:43.69 | 38. | | 7. Piero Ferracuti | ESA | 2:45.73 | 39. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. David Wilkie | GBR | 2:24.54 | 2. | | 2. Walter Kusch | FRG | 2:26.43 | 8. | | 3. Steffen Kriechbaum | AUT | 2:30.09 | 17. | | 4. Malcolm O'Connell | GBR | 2:31.21 | 20. | | 5. Jean-Pierre Dubey | SUI | 2:31.56 | 21. | | 6. Gustavo Salcedo | MEX | 2:32.81 | 25. | | -. Osvaldo Boretto | ARG | 2:31.84 | |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Rick Colella | USA | 2:25.40 | 4. | | 2. Vladimir Kosinsky | URS | 2:28.00 | 13. | | 3. Angel Chakarov | BUL | 2:30.27 | 19. | | 4. Andreas Hellmann | FRG | 2:32.60 | 24. | | 5. Liam Ball | IRE | 2:33.47 | 26. | | 6. Nigel Johnson | GBR | 2:34.37 | 29. | | 7. Karl Christian Koch | DEN | 2:38.47 | 37. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Igor Cherdakov | URS | 2:26.21 | 6. | | 2. Brian Job | USA | 2:26.91 | 11. | | 3. José Sylvio Fiolo | BRA | 2:30.21 | 18. | | 4. Rainer Hradetzky | GDR | 2:32.48 | 23. | | 5. Amman Jalmaani | PHI | 2:33.54 | 28. | | 6. Michele Di Pietro | ITA | 2:36.49 | 32. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. John Hencken | USA | 2:24.88 | 3. | | 2. Nikolay Pankin | URS | 2:26.71 | 10. | | 3. Paul Jarvie | AUS | 2:27.83 | 12. | | 4. Michael Whitaker | CAN | 2:33.47 | 27. | | 5. Rudi Vingerhoets | BEL | 2:36.89 | 33. | | 6. Gregor Betz | FRG | 2:36.96 | 34. | | 7. Alfredo Hunger | PER | 2:37.20 | 35. | | 8. Alejandro Cabrera | ESA | 2:56.60 | 40. |
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